St Katherine's School & Nursery

St Katherine's School & Nursery, which was inspected for the first time under section 5 of the Education Act, demonstrates good overall effectiveness with outstanding performance in behaviour, attitudes, personal development, and leadership. The school promotes a welcoming and aspirational environment where values such as respect and resilience are deeply embedded, leading to high expectations and joyful learning experiences for pupils. Although the school has seen improvements in behaviour and learning under its new headteacher, there is a notable challenge with the consistency of identifying and addressing pupils' misconceptions in their learning.

Strengths

• Pupils exhibit joyful attitudes and a strong pride in their school.
• Excellent pastoral care is provided, including therapeutic support.
• Curriculum is well-designed with high ambition and strong subject knowledge among staff.
• Effective phonics instruction leading to improved reading fluency.
• Exceptional personal development opportunities like leadership roles and external partnerships.

Areas for Improvement

• Inconsistent identification and addressing of pupils' misconceptions.

Admissions: local authority offers data from the Department for Education. A school is oversubscribed when at least 5% of the families who put it first were not offered a place, and undersubscribed when everyone who put it first got in but 10% or more of its places were unfilled in the Department's school capacity survey (the latest survey is used for entry years it does not cover). Places: Department for Education, School capacity, from local authorities' annual survey as at 1 May. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024–25); the survey was not run in 2020. Places include sixth form places. Forecasts are the local authority's own for the school's planning area, an area it uses to plan places that is not the school's catchment area. The forecast starts from a head count in 2025; the dashed line is the Department's estimate of places in that area, including those the authority has firm plans for. Planned places are cumulative, and only those with firm plans are counted.

In 2024–25 pupils at St Katherine's School & Nursery attended 93.4% of sessions (the national figure for primary schools was 94.8%). 21.3% of pupils were persistently absent, missing at least one session in ten (nationally 13.0%).

Sessions missed

Pupils persistently absent

Source: Department for Education, Pupil absence in schools in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Persistent absence means missing 10% or more of sessions; severe absence means 50% or more. No figures were published for 2019/20.

In 2024–25, 1.6% of pupils at St Katherine's School & Nursery were suspended at least once (nationally 1.1%). No pupils were permanently excluded.

Pupils suspended at least once

Source: Department for Education, Suspensions and permanent exclusions in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). A pupil can be suspended more than once, so suspensions per 100 pupils can be higher than the share of pupils suspended. Very small numbers are hidden by the DfE. Exclusion figures dropped in 2020 and 2021 because of school closures.

In 2025–26 St Katherine's School & Nursery had 23.7 pupils for each teacher (the national figure for primary schools was 20.7). Of its teachers in 2024–25, 20.0% were no longer at the school a year later (nationally 15.7%).

Pupils per teacher

Teachers who left the school within a year

Source: Department for Education, School workforce in England. Each year is the one the school year ends in (2025 is 2024/25). Pupils per teacher counts full-time-equivalent pupils and teachers. Turnover is the share of a year's teachers (full-time equivalent) who were not at the school the following year, whether they moved to another school or left state-funded teaching. Turnover and sickness figures run one year behind the ratios. Sick leave is the share of teachers who took at least one day in the year, so it swings widely at small schools, where a few teachers can make it 0% or 100%. The national figures are for all state schools of the same type.

In 2025–26, 14.7% of pupils at St Katherine's School & Nursery were on SEN support (nationally 15.4%) and 0.9% had an education, health and care (EHC) plan (nationally 4.1%).

Pupils by main type of need

Source: Department for Education, Special educational needs in England (the 2025–26 school census). SEN support is extra help in school without an EHC plan. National figures are for all state-funded primary schools. Counts are as published, with small numbers not hidden.

In 2024–25 St Katherine's School & Nursery received £6,270 and spent £6,412 for each of its 494 pupils. It ended the year with reserves of £724,000 (£1,465 per pupil).

Across all 3 schools of Coppice Primary Partnership, income was £6,101 and spending £6,239 per pupil.

Income per pupil

Spending per pupil

Source: Department for Education, Financial Benchmarking and Insights Tool. Each year is the one the financial year ends in (2024 is 2023–24). Academy figures include a share of the trust's central services, shared out by pupil numbers, and are rounded to the nearest £1,000. Premises costs were defined differently from 2024, so compare them across that gap with care.

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All schools in Tonbridge And Malling · Kent local authority: places and applications

St Katherine's School & Nursery is part of Coppice Primary Partnership, which runs 4 schools. The nearest others:

• Loose Primary School Maidstone
• Coxheath Primary School Maidstone
• Staplehurst School Tonbridge

What is St Katherine's School & Nursery's Ofsted rating?

The latest Ofsted rating for St Katherine's School & Nursery is Good, from an inspection in March 2024.

When was St Katherine's School & Nursery last inspected by Ofsted?

St Katherine's School & Nursery was last inspected in March 2024.

How many pupils does St Katherine's School & Nursery have?

St Katherine's School & Nursery has 462 pupils on roll.

What age range does St Katherine's School & Nursery cover?

St Katherine's School & Nursery for pupils aged 3 to 11.

What are St Katherine's School & Nursery's SATs (KS2) results?

In 2025, 53% of Year 6 pupils met the expected standard in reading, writing and maths.

Where is St Katherine's School & Nursery?

St Katherine's School & Nursery is at St. Katherines Lane, Snodland, Kent, ME6 5EJ.